WCPO anchor Clyde Gray steps down Friday, ending 33 years in Cincinnati television. But Gray wants to make one thing very clear, as he tells the Cincinnati Enquirer: he’s not retiring. He’s re-wiring.
Gray will devote his energy to Clyde Gray and Associates Public Relations Strategies, the agency he announced in February 2011 to the surprise of his Channel 9 bosses. At their request, he immediately “dialed back on my involvement to an investor,” he said. Four years later, he doesn’t even have an office.
“It’s small. It’s low-key. My job is to grow that business,” he said.
AdvertisementSince announcing his departure on June, some African-Americans have expressed disappointment to him that he won’t be on TV, “based on the feeling that I’m some sort of role model,” he said. “I understand some people see my transition as a loss, but this change is about an opportunity for me, and re-inventing myself, and re-wiring.”